Picrorhiza kurrooa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Veroniceae
Genus: Picrorhiza
Species:

Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle ex Benth., 1835

Homotypic
- Picrorhiza lindleyana Wettst. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 84 (1891), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Valeriana lindleyana Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 404 (1829), not validly publ.
- Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle in Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 291 (1836), orth. var.
- Picrorhiza lindleyana (Wall.) Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 333 (1841), not validly publ.
- Veronica lindleyana Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 404 (1829), nom. nud.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-temperate Regional: Central Asia Pakistan, West Himalaya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Mill, R. & al. (2015). Flora of Pakistan 220: 1-331. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Picrorhiza kurrooa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 August 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Picrorhiza kurrooa. Published online. Accessed: August 07 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Picrorhiza kurrooa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 August 2025. Reference page.